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Samsung Becomes Top Chip Supplier

by Bob Raikes

IHS said that Intel has been overtaken by Samsung as the largest global semiconductor company. While in Q2, Intel’s revenues were $14.6 billion with Samsung at $14.4 billion, in Q3, Intel got to $15.9 …

Tags:Chips| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Innolux to Expand LTPS Capacity

by Bob Raikes

Innolux said that it has bought LTPS equipment from Hon-Hai to make small and medium LTPS LCD displays for its Fab 8B in Lu-Ju, Kaohsiung in Taiwan. The company believes that this will mean …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Innolux| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Barco Shares Plans for RSNA

by Bob Raikes

Barco will be at the RSNA at the end of November, showing its displays for radiology, including the Coronis Uniti, and highlighting the MediCal QAWeb online QA service designed to help hospitals reduce operating …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 24 - Issue 43

EIZO Innovates Its 49″ Monitor for the Operating Room

by Bob Raikes

Eizo in Karlsruhe, Germany, has released a number of new medical monitors in the last few weeks and has now added the LX491W monitor for operating rooms to its CuratOR range. The 49″ monitor …

Tags:Eizo| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Medical| Vol 24 - Issue 43

VESA Rolls Out DisplayID Version 2

by Bob Raikes

VESA has released a new version of its DisplayID standard that adds support for higher resolutions, HDR, AR and VR and variable and high refresh rates. The standard supports stand-alone or embedded displays. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Standards| VESA| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Toshiba Denies PC Business Sale, but Sells TV Business

by Bob Raikes

Just as we were going to press, there was a story from Nikkei that reported that Toshiba was in talks with Asustech (Asus) to sell its PC division, although Lenovo was also said to …

Tags:Asus| Hisense| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Hisense to Buy Toshiba TVs – Asus for PCs?

by Bob Raikes

Hisense of China has done a deal with Toshiba to buy the TV business, in the form of Toshiba Visual Solutions Corporation. Hisense will buy 95% of the organisation, which has 700 employees, for …

Tags:Asus| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Eutelsat 7/8°W Reaching Over 56 million TV Homes in MENA

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat said that its location of 7/8° West has now reached 56 million homes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The company claims to have reach to 56.2 million homes in 14 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 43

SiTune Samples First 8K Tuner

by Bob Raikes

SiTune is now production sampling the STN6528, said to be the first tuner to support the new ARIB STD-B44 ISDB-S3 standard for satellite broadcasting of 8K Super Hi-vision content. The chip also supports ISDB-T …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Tuners| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Samsung Display Moves to DPSS to Replace LLO

by Bob Raikes

The ET Times said that Samsung Display has changed from using excimer lasers to using diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) lasers to separate flexible OLEDs from the glass substrate that is used as a carrier …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Motorola Returns as US Smartphone Shipments Hit 40 Million in Q3 2017

by Bob Raikes

Strategy Analytics reported that US smartphone shipments were 39.5 million in Q3 2017, down 2% from 40.1 million last year, with Motorola, owned by Lenovo, growing from 1.1 million last year to 2.1 million, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Jackson Updates on Sharp Plans for ISE

by Bob Raikes

Invidis has interviewed Birgit Jackson of Sharp Visual Solutions (Sharp Creates Commercial Director Role) who said that she would like to broaden the portfolio of products offered by the company in the LFD space. …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 43